DURANGO ” In a case that could test Colorado’s new indoor smoking ban, the district attorney for La Plata County has filed charges against a Durango bar where patrons are still allowed to light up.

As of last Wednesday, the usual cloud of smoke inside the Hideaway Bar has disappeared for good. The Miami Dolphins-loving, Andrew Spear artwork-covered dive bar – famed for its cheeseburgers and ...

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Not so long ago Lafayette's downtown bar and restaurant scene was a smoke-filled affair. Over the years, as Lafayette enacted its smoking ban and customers became less tolerant of ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — In a blow to bar owners, a ruling Wednesday by the Indiana Court of Appeals upheld Indianapolis’ smoking ban. The court also ruled to take away the only exemption to the smoking ...

Councilwoman Susan Guidry stood alone against the request of La Habana Hemingway Cigar Bar, whose owner wants to continue selling cigars and booze despite the city's newly enacted smoking ban. She ...

Delaware’s Restaurant Association says restaurant business is up 5.7 percent after its members went smoke-free Nov. 27, 2002. Bar and restaurant owners in Fort Collins have said they are happy with ...

BROKEN BOW — Six months after Nebraska’s statewide smoking ban took effect, bar and restaurant owners in Broken Bow, Holdrege and Lexington remain divided on the effects of the ban. One bar operator ...

Bilbo's Bar and Grill says it's done everything it can to comply with a court order that would discourage people from smoking inside the tavern. It removed its signature glass ashtrays and matches ...

A hookah bar that opened last week in Lincoln says it believes it is operating legally despite a state Supreme Court ruling last month that threw out exceptions to the state's indoor smoking ban for ...

A judge this week ruled in favor of an Orange County tavern that is fighting California’s ban on smoking in bars, marking the latest of several defeats for local prosecutors attempting to enforce the ...